The Impact of Regular Cannabis Use on the Human Brain: A Review of Structural Neuroimaging Studies

Biological Research on Addiction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 711-728

  Lorenzetti, Valentina ^a   Lubman, Dan I ^b   Fornito, Alex ^a   Whittle, Sarah ^a   Takagi, Michael J ^a   Solowij, Nadia ^c   Yücel, Murat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84882679603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-398335-0.00069-8     Document Type: Chapter

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